1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



263 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



KT Single copies of the JOURNAL 

 sent postage paid Cor Scents each. 



(gg" Those who may wish to change 

 from other editions to the Weekly,can 



do so by paying the difference. 



g=g* When changing a postoffice ad- 

 dress, mention, the old as well as the 

 new address. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1881. 



Oct l 



Time <i»'t Place of MrcttilQ. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 



which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for in ets. each, or $S per 100. 



Advertisements intended fertile Bee 

 Jouknal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



Photographs of prominent Apiarists 

 — Langstroth,I)zierzon,and the baron 

 of Berlepsch.— Price 25 cents each. 



^ Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations 52.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



IfiS'J 



.Ian. 



Boatern Mlohlgan, nt Detroit, Mfh. 

 * A. it. Wei 'i. -i"'., Detroit, Mich. 

 8— Union Kentuoky. at Shelby vllle, Ky. 



i; w. Demaree, Sec, CbrlBtlansburg, Ky. 

 5-7 Null. ma i. at Lexington, Ky. 



U Kentucky State, lit l.wuisvlllo, Ky. 



ii. il' -Nortbern Michigan, at Manic Rapids. 

 <i. n. Uoodno, 8ec, Caraon fit v. Mich. 

 1 1, 12 Northeastern Wla.,at Pewaukee, Wis. 



Frances Dunham, Sec DePere. Wis. 

 i.' Central Ky., m Bxp. it'dv, Louisville. Ky. 



W. Williamson. Sec, Lexington, Ky. 

 25, 2G Northwestern District, at Chicago, 111. 



I' C C.illinl.eiTY. Sec, rlnrau'ii. III. 



27— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



Gennze L. Perry, Sec. 

 •27— Western Mich., at Berlin, Mich. 



Win M. S. O.alt-'C, Sit., (\>n|>ersvtlle, Mich. 

 . „•'.' -Eastern X. V. Union. Knowersvllle. N. Y. 

 N. U. West, Sec Knowersvllle, N. Y. 

 :in — s>. w. Wisconsin, at I'lattcville. Wis. 



N. E. France, Sec, Platteville, Wis. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Dealer In all kinilsof 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



-Northeastern, lit Ctiea, N. Y. 

 Geo. W. House, Sec, Fayetteville, N, Y. 

 April 1 l-Eastern Michigan, at Detroit, Mich. 

 A B. Weed, Sec., Detroit, Mich. 

 27— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



May 



-Cbaniplain Vnllev, at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins, Sec 



AND 



AM) 1SKKSWAX, 



HONEY 



974 West Madison Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



sent FREE upon application. 



EMERSON BINDERS. 



S2T In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The Beauty and Color of the hair 



may be safely regained by using Par- 

 ker's Hair Balsam, which is much ad- 

 mired for its perfume, cleanliness, and 

 dandruff eradicating properties. 31w4 



BUYERS' QUOTATIONS. 



Nearly all the ills that Afflict Man- 

 kind can be prevented and cured by 

 keeping the stomach, liver and kid- 

 neys in perfect working order. There 

 is no medicine known that will do this 

 as quickly and surely, without inter- 

 fering with your duties, as Parker's 

 Ginger Tonic. See advertisement. 



31 w4 »^_-^_ 



A Sample Tony of the Weekly Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper ; it indicates the time to which 

 you have paid. Always send money 

 by postal order, registered letter, or 

 by draft on Chicago or New York. 

 Drafts on other cities, or local checks, 

 are not taken by the banks in this city 

 except at adiscount of i5 cents, to pay 

 expense of collecting them. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY-But little comb honey is yet upon the 

 marliet. and the quotations are rather premature. 

 New extracted honey is quite plentiful, and in good 

 demand. ... 



We quote liEht comb honey, in single comb 

 boxes, 18@20c ; in larger boxes^c. less. Extracted 

 7@9c. 



BEESWAX— Prime quality, 18S23C. 



NEW YORK. 

 ' HONE Y-New white honey in the comb, ill 1 or 2 

 pound boxes, will bring 18<si22 cents, though but 

 little is offered yet. 



White extracted. 7<iiilOc.; dark. 7@sc. 



BEESWAX— Prime quality, ix<s22c. 



CINCINNATI. 



l&~ Binder* for the "Weekly Bee Joar- 

 nal.oflSSl, cloth and paper, postpaid, 85 

 cents. 



We can furnish Emerson's Binders, gilt lettered 

 on the back, for American Bee Jouhnal for 

 1SSO. at the following prices, postage paid : 



Cloth and paper, each 50c. 



Leather and cloth 75c. 



jy We can also furnish the Binder for any Pa- 

 per or Magazine desired. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 

 9T4 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



Floreston 

 Cologne 



The MnU FVnirrnnt »od 



Lasting of nil Forfuroefc. 



N<mv,& FiuMonnbli Sold 

 by dtft'ersin Drutrii Perfum- 

 ery. Signature of Hisroi 4 

 C-..N.Y-. on every Lottie 



A few small lots of coml> honey have 

 on our market, which 1 



HONEY".- 

 niade their appearan . _ 



nought at 12@)15C. per lb. I hsive very tunny offers, 

 but. there being no demand yet, I have not com- 

 menced to lav in my supply. Extracted honey 

 ranges from 7(<£t>c.. on arrival. 



BEESWAX— I8(s)2-2C. C. F. MUTH. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



MONEY— There is some inquiry, but difference 

 in views between buversand sellers prevent-* any 

 movement except in a retail way. With present 

 light stocks holders see no necessity of crowding 

 off-rings upon buyers. 



We quote white comb, 13@15c.; dark to go d,in@ 

 12c. Extracted, choice to extra white. s(«nc.; 

 dark and candied, fii^Tc. BEFSWAX— 23©25c. 

 Stearns & Smith, 423 Front Street. 



San Francisco. Cal. . Aug. 6. 1881 . 



<^ The Northwestern Illinois and 

 Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting 

 Aug. 30, at Rock City, Stephenson Co., 

 111. Jonathan Stewart, Sec. 



Premiums.— For a club of 2, weekly 

 we give a copy of "Bees and Honey ;" 

 for a club of 5, weekly, we will give a 

 Cook's Manual, a Bee-Keeper's Guide, 

 bound in cloth ; for a club of 6, we give 

 a copy of the Journal for a year free. 

 It will pay to devote a few hours to 

 the Bee Journal. 



gg° It would save us much trouble, 

 if all would be particular to give their 

 post ottice address and name, when 

 writing to this ottice. We have letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no 

 name, post-office, County or State.— 

 Also,if you lr r e near one postoffice and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to 

 give the address we have on our list. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the Weekly American Bee Jour- 

 nal and any of the following periodicals, for 1881, 

 at the prices quoted in the last column of figures. 

 The first column gives the regular price of both : 



Publishers' Price. Club. 



The Weekly BeeJournal (T.G.Newman) . .$2 00 



and GleaningsinBee-CultureiA.l Root) 3 00 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). A 00 . 1 (J) 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange (J. H.Nelhs) 2 75.. 2 50 



The 4 above-named papers 475.. 3 75 



Bee-Keepers'Instruetori W.Thomas) 2 50.. 2 35 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.U.Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 2 30. . 2 15 



The 7 above-named papers b05.. 5 00 



Prof Cook's ManuaKbound in cloth) 325.. 3 00 



Bee-Culiure (T.G.Newman) 2 40.. 285 



Binder for Weekly, 1881 2 Bo.. 2 7o 



For Semi-monthly Bee Journal, $1.00 less. 

 For Monthly Be Journal, $1.50 less. 



FLAT - BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



^ high side-walls, 4 to If. square feet to 

 the pound. Circular and samples free. 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 

 Sole Manufacturers, 

 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. Y. 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER, 



Published Monthly at Columbus, Kan., 



A new sixteen-column bee paper, devoted entirely 

 to the best interests of honey producers; dealers 

 in Supplies and breeders of Queens and Bees. 

 Will be sent loan v address- me year lor only thirty 

 cents. We club with the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal for onlv *^.l.">. Sample copies tree. Ad- 

 dress, SCOVELL & ANDERSON. 

 ■jSwtf Columbus, Kansas. 



All Farmers, Mothers, Business Wen, Mechan- 

 ics, &c , who are tired out by work or worry, and; 

 alfwho are miserable with Dyspepsia, Rheuma-* 

 tism, Neuralgia, or Bowel, Kidney or Liver Corn-* 

 plaints, you can beinvigorated and cured bv using^ 



PARKER'S GINGERT0NIC 



If you ..re wasting away with Consumption, Uis-. 

 'sipation or any weakness, you will find Parkers* 

 ■Ginger Tonic the greatest Blood Fertilizer and the, 

 ;Best Health* Strei.;?thRestoreryouCanUse- 

 'and far superior to Bitters and other Tonics, as it, 

 -builds up the system, but never intoxicates. 5°- 

 *ct. and $rsizes. Ht^cox & Co., Chemists, N Y 



PARKER'S 

 HAIR BALSAM 



Remove? Dandruff 

 Prevents BaldneM 

 Restores Color 



ELECTROTYPES 



Of Engravings used in the Bee Journal for sale at 

 2."> rents per sun a re inch— no single cut sold for less 

 than r.ne. THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 



»74 West Madison Street. Chicago, 111. 



GOLD MEDAL Awarded 

 the Author. A new and great 

 Medical Work, warranted the 

 bestand cheapest.indispensa- 

 ble to every man, entitled 

 "The Science of Life, or Self- 

 Preservation ;"bound in finest 

 French muslin, embossed, full 

 gilt, soopp., contains beautiful 

 steel engravings,] lift prescrip- 

 tions.priee only $1.25 sent by 

 mail ; illustrated sample, fie; 



SOW HuTOF.Sffi3&&£5i£$& 



PARKER. No. 4 BulUncta St., Boston. 22wly 



A irontc turniant pleasant.profltuble employment 

 AgBniS Local Printing House. SilverCreek, N. Y. 



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Tk British Bee Journal, 



AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISER. 

 The British Bee Journal is published monthly at 

 $1.7a, and contains the best practical information 

 for the time heing, showing what to do. and when 

 and howtododoit. C.N.ABBOTT, Bee Master 

 School of Apiculture, Fairlawn. Southall. London. 



Is a 32-page, beautifully 111 



Hnstraled Monthly Magazin 

 „ .oted to 

 POULTRY, PIGEONS AND PET STOCB 



It has the largest corps of practical breeders as editor 

 of anv journal of its class in Anienc . ar "jJK,„,, 

 TflE FINEST POULTRY J0UB1TAL IN THE WCKLD. 

 Volume 12 begins January 1881. SUBSCRIPTION :- 

 81.00 per year. Specimen Copy, 10 cents. , _ 



C J. WARD, Editor and Proprietor. 



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NEWSPAPER in the Country. Our ne 

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Bound in paper covers. A few copies for sale at 



$1.00, postpaid to any address. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago. III. 



HONEY A SPECIALTY. 



W. T. CONNER, 



Late of Conner, Burnett & Co., 



161 So. Water Street, Chicago, 



PRODUCE COMMISSION. 



We ask you to correspond with us before dispos- 

 ing of yourH iNEY CROP, as we can be of much 

 service, having constant intelligence from all parts 

 of the country. _, _ 



We would refer to James Hki>hox, Dowagtac, 

 Mich., and J. Oatman& Sons, Dundee, 111. 3iwiy 



Books for Bee -Keepers. 



Sent by mall, postpaid, on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN. 

 ii74 West Mudlson Street, CI1ICACO, ]|J„ 



llei— K.eci»cr'M Guide : or, <'n«»k*M Miiuual 

 of lh«e Apiary. — Kntlrely re-wrltten, elegantly 

 Illustrated and fully " up with the times" on every 

 subject ul bee-culture. 11 is nut only instructive, 

 but Intensely Interesting and thoroughly practical. 

 The book iH a masterly production, and one that no 

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 to do without. ClOth, KM. 25 ; paper cover, #1, 



Quinbv'NXew Bee-Keeplng, by L.C. Boot 



The author treats the subject of l,cc keeping so 

 that it cannot fail to Interest all. Its style Is plain 

 and forcible, making all Its readers realize that Its 

 author is master of the subject. — KM. ft©. 



Novice's ABC ofBee-Cnltnre, by A. I. Root 

 —This emhraces "every tlnnc; pertaining to the care 

 oi the honey-bee," and is valuable to beginners and 

 those more advanced. Cloth, KM .25; paper, KM. 



KIdk'h Bee-Keeuer** Text-Book, by A. J. 

 King.— ThiB edition is revised and brought down to 

 the present time. Cloth, KM-OOj paper, 15c 



Lang**) iol b on the Hive and Honey Bee. 

 - This is a standard scientific work. Price, !S2. 



Blessed Bees, by John Allen.— A romance of 

 bee-keeping, full of practical information and 

 contagious enthusiasm. Cloth, KM-OO. 



Bees and Honey ; or, successful manase- 

 menl of the Apiary, by Thomas G. Newman.— 

 This embraces the following subjects : Location 

 of the Apiary— Honey Plants — Queen Rearing— 

 Feeding — Swarming — Dividing —Transferring — 

 Italianizing — Introducing Queens— Extracting— 

 Quieting and Handling Bees — Marketing Honey, 

 etc. It is published in Eniellsh and German. — 

 Price for either edition, 40 cents, postpaid. 



llzierzon Theory ;— presents the fundamen- 

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 facts and arguments to demonstrate them. 15 c. 

 Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomas 

 G. Newman.— This pamphlet discourses upon the 

 Ancient History of Bees and Honey , the nature, 

 quality, sources, and preparation of Honey for the 

 Market ; Honey as food, giving recipes for making 

 Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddinns, Foain.Wines.etc; 

 and Honey as Medicine with many useful Recipes. 

 It is intended for consumers, and should be scat- 

 tered by thousands, creating a demand for honey 

 everywhere. Published in English and German. 

 Price for either edition, «c. ; per dozen, 50c. 



Wintering: Bees. — This contains the Prize 

 Essays on thissubject, read before the Centennial 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. The Prize— ♦2"» in gold 

 —was awarded to Prof Cook's Essay, which is here 

 given in full. Price, lOc. 



The Hive I Use— Being a description of the 

 hive used by G. M. Doolittle. Price, 5c. 



Extracted Honey ; Harvesting, Handl- 

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 Ch. & C. P. Dadant, giving in detail the methods 

 and management adopted in their apiary. This 

 contains many useful hints.— Price 15c. 



Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers, by Chas. 

 F. Muth; 32 pages. It gives Mr. Muth's views on 

 the management of bees, Price, lOc. 



Food Adulteration ; What we eat and should 

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 ought to create a sentiment against adulteration of 

 food products, and demand a law to protect the 

 consumer against the numerous health-destroying 

 adulterations offered as food. 200 pages 5©e. 



Kendall's Horse Book. — No book could be 

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 has recipes, a table of doses, and much valuable 

 horse information. Paper, 25c. 



Bopp's Easy Calculator.— These are handy 

 tables for all kinds of merchandise and interest. 

 II is really a lightning calculator, well bound, with 

 slate and pocket. Cloth, KB 1.; Morocco, SM.50. 

 Chicken Cholera, by A. J. Hill,— A treatise on 

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Moore's Universal Assistant, and Com- 

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The work contains 1,016 P»Kes, is a veritable 

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